After looking at each other for a few seconds, Lin Xiangbei finally spoke a little awkwardly: "Is there anything wrong?"

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was not likely to understand Northeast dialect, Lin Xiangbei would probably have to reply: "What are you looking at?"

"I'll get to know each other, my name is Katsuda Fanyan."

When Lin Xiangbei heard the other party's name, he realized that this Japanese driver was the all-Japanese rally champion and the title of "King of Asphalt".

Lin Xiangbei did not know Katsuda Fan Yan before, and even had no impression of this Japanese rally champion in his previous life. It was purely after participating in the Asia-Pacific rally event and reading the information of the participating drivers, and then he realized that there was such a person.

It’s just the ID photos on the information. To be honest, there is a little difference between me and I. The most important thing is that Lin Xiangbei just glanced at him casually and did not have a deep memory of what Katsuda Fan Yan looked like.

"My name is Lin Xiangbei."

Although Lin Xiangbei felt that the other party was a bit unkind, he couldn't think of any holiday he had with Katsuda Fan Yan, so he still responded normally.

"I know, I've followed you very early."

"Yeah?"

Lin Xiangbei felt a little surprised. It seemed that in addition to the fact that he was a little famous in the ROC National Cup, he should have been a pure unknown person before. How early does this mean?

"In the Hong Kong Island Rally, you beat my junior Taro Aso."

When Lin Xiangbei heard this, he instantly understood everything. It turned out that this Katsuda Fanhiko was the senior brother of the Japanese rising star Taro Aso. No wonder he said he had paid attention to him very early.

Japan's racing environment is actually the same as its national nature. It always wants to leave Asia and Europe, but it cannot get rid of the influence of traditional Eastern culture.

European racing has complete echelon training, starting with karting as a child, to formulas such as Renault, Ford or BMW, and to various racing schools.

For example, Renault Sports Academy, Ferrari Racing Academy, Mercedes-Benz Amg Driving Academy, etc., let those talented teenagers who stand out in junior racing receive more professional training and education, and eventually become one of the top drivers after layers of selection.

This echelon training model is the most obvious among Formula drivers. Basically all F1 drivers are selected step by step, and there are few people who have become monks halfway.

The Western driver echelon training model has been completely professional, just like the thinking of cultivating reserve cadres in the company. If you sign a contract and run for a few years, you can upgrade your ability, and you can terminate your contract if you don’t have the ability to do whatever you should do.

With the rise of Japan's economy in the 1970s, the automobile industry has become the world's giant, and naturally it cannot lag behind in motorsports.

So we also learned the Western driver training model and opened various driver students, such as the famous Formula Toyota Academy and Honda Suzuki Racing School.

Among them, Honda Suzuki Racing School discovered that Japan's strongest F1 driver, Takuro Sato, in the first ten years of the 21st century, and this guy later won the Indy 500 World Championship, becoming the first Asian driver to win the title of the world-class Formula.

However, the Japanese racing academy is different from the Western, and they also like to be mixed with traditional master-apprentice relationships in the East. Some well-known drivers who have particularly potential or optimistic students and serve as mentors will take them as their disciples, not just pure professional relationships.

The Japanese katana in front of him is probably also a disciple of Japanese rally king Hiroshi Sooka. This is just like the old senior Suzuki Akuri in the Japanese F1 racing industry. Many Japanese Formula drivers later called him his teacher and even joined the professional team he formed.

"It's quite a coincidence."

Lin Xiangbei looked at Katsuda Fan Yan with a playful smile on his face. He had vaguely guessed that the other party was looking for his intention.

"Your quota originally belonged to Taro."

“To be precise, I won.”

Lin Xiangbei replied in a confrontational manner that there has never been any statement that the quota of participation belongs to anyone. If we have to say who it belongs to, then it only belongs to the winner!

"I know, today I want to tell you that I will win back for my junior brother."

Katsuda Fan Yan looked at Lin Xiangbei coldly. He actually wanted to find this Chinese boy to get back the scene for Aso Taro, but he never had a good opportunity.

You should know that in the Hong Kong Rally, basically, he and Hokkaido both believed that they were the things that Taro Aso had in mind, and would perform a good show of the same Gemini star in this Hokkaido Rally.

As a result, Lin Xiangbei broke out halfway and grabbed all the places for the "gilded" event, so many publicity plans were forced to run aground.

"Yeah?"

Lin Xiangbei was not angry about this sentence. In his previous life, he also met many Japanese players when he was running Formula in Asia. They have seen a lot of stubborn and stubborn personality.

"But I'm sorry, I want to win this game."

Without any room for compromise, Lin Xiangbei will not give anyone hope of winning in this game.

Maybe an F1 driver can't directly become the world champion when he goes to WRC. But at least in the field of Asia-Pacific Rally, Lin Xiangbei is confident that he can kill gods and Buddhas.

When the shortcomings of driving skills and physical fitness gradually make up, he will let the world understand what China's first F1 driver is!

After saying this, Lin Xiangbei did not pay attention to Katsuda Fan Yan anymore. Perhaps the other party regarded himself as the target of defeating, or crushing and regaining the situation. But in Lin Xiangbei's heart, he never took any Japanese "King of Asphalt" seriously.

If you really want to run a paved track like asphalt, then Lin Xiangbei will definitely let the other party understand who is the real "king of asphalt"!

At dawn, as the sun gradually rises, there are more and more fans and spectators at the maintenance station. According to Lin Xiangbei's vision, at least within the main station of the maintenance area, there are no less than 5,000 spectators. If the observation points of the entire track are included, the overall number of visitors today will reach tens of thousands!

But don’t underestimate the number of 10,000 people. For Asian-level rally events, this is already considered to be a large number. After all, the influence of rally in the world is not as good as that of a field race. Moreover, the live viewing experience, except for the climax of the racing car racing through the moment, most other moments belong to the "sage moment".

This is why the organizers of the rally event will find ways to create a "four-dislike" short track rally, which is that they have not enhanced the audience's on-the-spot stimulation.

But the result was not as beautiful as expected, and in the end it was not pleasing to both ends.

The event media center, with the completion of the maintenance area racing maintenance and the countdown to the main race, the event host Kazuo Kimura and Australian commentator Thomas have already sat on the commentary stage and broadcast the introduction of the Asia-Pacific Rally Japan Station to the microphone.

"Hello, everyone, audiences and car fans. This is the opening match of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Hokkaido Sapporo Circuit, and will soon hold the highest palace-level rally in Asia on this track."

"The Sapporo Track is a snow-capped road. On a natural road without any protection, drivers will use extreme control to challenge the limits of themselves and racing."

"I believe many people have learned about the previous road detection results of Sapporo Raceway from the media or the Internet. A rally newcomer from China won the first place in two consecutive segments. This is a scene that has never happened in the history of the Asia-Pacific rally championship, and it also means that this year's opening game will be more suspenseful."

"I don't know if this scenario means the fall of a superstar or the rise of a new star?"

Kazuo Kimura made the opening introduction in an extremely excited tone, which is also the usual style of Japanese hosting. In Chinese terms, it is more passionate and secondary.

However, when the Australian commentator Thomas listened, he showed a disdain on his face. It was obvious that the organizer of the event regarded the Chinese newcomer as a hot topic to carry out the main publicity.

But Chinese rookies are really qualified and capable, and can they deserve the focus of publicity?

Even if it is a villain, a waste villain is not worthy of occupying too much space!

"Even if a superstar falls, there will be no new stars from the East. The road surveillance score is just the speed of the drivers running casually. It is almost impossible for Bei to win in the main race."

Thomas' tone was very decisive, and he had no words to give him, leaving no room for copying.

You should know that the habits in Chinese thinking generally do not say anything to death unless there is no possibility.

Or in Thomas' eyes, Lin Xiangbei had no chance of winning the main game.

"Thomas, it seems you are not optimistic about Lin Xiangbei?"

Kazuo Kimura followed suit and said, this is also the usual process of hosting the event.

"Of course, is he worthy of me?"

When this sentence was said, the expression on Kimura Kazuo's face was a little subtle.

The reason is that this Australian spoke so straightforwardly that he simply did not give face to Chinese drivers at all.

Even though Kimura Kazuka actually agreed with Thomas' statement, he would never say it directly.

"Thomas, who is the driver you are more optimistic about this time?"

"Of course it's Clock, the defending champion of the Asia-Pacific Rally, and the current No. 1 seed driver!"

Speaking of Clock, who is also an Australian driver, Thomas has a look of pride on his face.

You should know that Clock has been in a state of winning streak in Asian-wide rally events in recent years. As long as he participates in the event, it is difficult for the championship to have other suspense.

This time, Thomas was able to become a commentator of the Asia-Pacific Rally, which is also related to the strong position in the Australian racing field, so he naturally prefers drivers in his own country.

Faced with Thomas' statement, Kazuo Kimura appeared with a polite smile on his face, but he was very disagreeable and even disgusted.

After all, this event was the opening game at Japan's home court, and there were two top Japanese rally drivers participating. They were actually not much worse than Clock in terms of hard strength.

Not to mention the strongest Katsuda Fan Yan, even Hiroshi Yanagi, who was slightly inferior, actually lost to Clock at last year's Asia-Pacific Rally Event, and won the runner-up title at the runner-up.

But competitive sports are like this. Everyone will only remember who the champion is. Even if Hiroshi Yanagi won the runner-up, the attention and fame he received in the end were far less than that of Clock.

Thomas's attitude of Australian drivers to win is not only because he does not take Chinese newcomers seriously, but also excludes Japanese drivers.

But Kazuo Kimura is not as direct and strong as an Australian, and it is not easy to directly compete with his country's drivers. So he replied in a euphemism: "Clock is indeed very strong, but this event also has the international rally championship champion Mick, who has achieved good results in the European rally stadium."

Sure enough, when Mick's name came out, Thomas, who had a disdain before, finally took some attention to the expression on his face.

"Mick is indeed very strong, but I firmly believe that Clock is the absolute king on the Asian track!"

Thomas agrees with Mick's strength because the other party is a white European driver, but he still believes that Clock has a "home" advantage. After all, Clock has been running in these Asian tracks for several years.

Even if the track route changes, the track conditions and environment have not changed much, and the two sides are not on the same level in terms of adaptability!

Just as the two racing hosts were giving opening commentary, the racing waiting area was ready to start.

Compared with the previous five-minute departure time during the road survey stage, we avoid chasing and overtaking time when two rally cars meet. This time, the departure interval of the main race is shortened to once every two minutes, which is also one of the regular departure times.

Lin Xiangbei and Li Wenfeng had already gotten into the car and watched the rally cars in front of them sprint from the starting platform one by one.

"Are you nervous?"

While waiting, Lin Xiangbei suddenly asked Li Wenfeng beside him.

"Didn't you talk about small scenes? Why are you still talking about nervousness now?"

Li Wenfeng replied angrily. When he was nervous before, Lin Xiangbei often joked and joked.

To be honest, sometimes jokes and jokes are really useful. At least now, even if the main race is waiting to start, Li Wenfeng does not have the same nervousness as before, as if he has run many times.

"Just not be nervous, because you will see how we slaughter our opponents later."

A cold smile appeared on Lin Xiangbei's face. He was not clear about the discussions of the Japanese audience at the scene, but he heard the event commentary very clearly.

This Australian Bird host who came out of nowhere seemed to have a very superior look. Do you think Clock is the strongest driver of this class?
Chapter completed!